How to Use turret in a Sentence

turret

noun
  • The highest spike of all — on the turret — is the one that was hit.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2021
  • One agent popped out of the turret and trained his rifle at the front door.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Both planes were long-range four-engine heavy bombers armed with gun turrets.
    — Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Now a pair of suites in the building’s two turrets are ready for their first guests.
    — Jennifer Conrad, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2017
  • There was a round turret at one end of the main house and a square one at the other.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
  • There are turrets that they can be set up nearly anywhere on the map.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2017
  • Note the drone and cruise missile kill markings on the turret.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The soldier was not there for the tank’s engine or turret or treads.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • And hey, there are turrets at the entrance now to cut down on griefing.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 18 Jan. 2019
  • What happens when three traitors can’t come to an agreement in the turret?
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The shooter got lucky and swished the rocket through the truck's gun turret.
    — jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • As no crew needs to be present, this enables the turret to be smaller and lighter.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
  • One end of the great room has a large, round turret with windows that give a wide view of the grounds.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Maes was sent flying in the chaos, and his leg became trapped in the gear of a turret.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • On one side of the composition, a turret poked up at the sky.
    — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • Were you all screwed by not having anyone in the turret to help protect you?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The various roofs are blue and the topmost turret is gold.
    — Colson Thayer, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The ship itself is packed with detail from turrets through to tiny shielded hangars.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 1 May 2026
  • The bells start to toll, sending the faithfuls off to their slumbers and the traitors to the turret.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The house itself, which has a roof with turrets, dates back to 1998.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2018
  • It was built in the late 1800s and has ivy crawling up its stone turret.
    — Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • On the road through the town, a Russian tank was blown in two, the turret lying on its side.
    — James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
  • The driver would have sat high in the central turret but would likely have had a poor view of the ground ahead.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The school looks like a house-sized castle, with a bright marigold facade, orange turrets and blue rooftops.
    — Yanan Wang and Dake Kang, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2018
  • Back in the turret, our actual Traitors have eight people to choose from.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The interior of the front-facing turret has stone walls, stairs and a wrought iron handrail.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • On top is a large electro-optical turret that houses the laser.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
  • There are also four smoke grenade launchers mounted at the front on each side of the turret and at the rear there are two more.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 18 June 2018
  • When the Traitors debrief in the turret, the atmosphere is tense.
    — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The tank pulled back, its turret right above the crater, and from 10 feet above their heads let off another round.
    — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

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